Arc'teryx Presents: Wet Lycra Nightmare

Arc’teryx’s short film follows Jordan Cannon and Sam Stroh on Wet Lycra Nightmare, a steep big‑wall free line in Yosemite rated 5.13d. The film documents a high‑stakes day on the Leaning Tower where Cannon takes a fall near the top of a crux pitch and stays committed to supporting his partner; Stroh completes the lead and, according to the film, becomes the fifth person to free the route. The sequence footage and chaptered edits make the route, its sustained difficulty, and the redpoint attempt easy to parse for climbers interested in pitch structure and tactics. Cannon returns the following season and spends two days redpointing the wall; the film shows the logistics of big‑wall redpointing, the movement challenges on sustained 5.13d climbing, and the partner work that makes a long free ascent possible. Alex Honnold appears in the film in a supporting/archival capacity. The piece is useful for climbers who want a clear, compact record of a modern Yosemite big‑wall free ascent and how redpointing a hard multi‑pitch line unfolds on the rock.